Omobranchus Valenciennes [A.] (ex Ehrenberg) in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1836:287 Masc. Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes 1836. Generic and specific names first published in synonymy of Blennechis fasciolatus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes; made available back to Valenciennes by Swainson 1839:274 [ref. 4303] [type species designation not researched by us]. •Valid as Omobranchus Valenciennes 1836 -- (Springer 1972:9 [ref. 4178], Lindberg & Krasyukova 1975:32 [ref. 7348], Springer & Gomon 1975 [ref. 6083], Yoshino in Masuda et al. 1984:296 [ref. 6441], Springer 1985:91 [ref. 6107], Springer 1986:750 [ref. 5719], Gomon et al. 1994:728 [ref. 22532], Springer 2001:3540 [ref. 26290], Williams 2003:1769 [ref. 27109], Hoese & Bray 2006:1555 [ref. 29000], Smith-Vaniz 2008:694 [ref. 30654], Hastings & Springer 2009:70 [ref. 30395], Lasso-Alcalá et al. 2011:571 [ref. 31520], Lin & Hastings 2013:3 [ref. 33286], Kottelat 2013:383 [ref. 32989], Stewart et al. 2015:1536 [ref. 34301], Gibbs et al. 2018:270 [ref. 35724], Fricke et al. 2018:313 [ref. 35805], Golani & Fricke 2018:141 [ref. 36273], Cabezas et al. 2022:2 [ref. 39340]). Current status: Valid as Omobranchus Valenciennes 1836. Blenniidae: Blenniinae.